new zealand issues

There's a debate that's been bubbling away for a few years now on whether NZ should change its name to Aotearoa, the Maori name for the country*. Here's a little background and opinion. Being an older white bloke, I know quite a few of the same demographic, and there isn't a subject I can think...

What an utter spoon What next "Tit", "WNK", CCK", "CNT"? TBF he is a politican, so should be ignored. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/car-owner-wants-offensive-number-plate-taken-out-of-circulation/5NAAB2Y5I3NAFDBOLEEKCQXCMM/

She's handled the Covid pandemic more competently than any other world leader. Anyone care to discuss her politics ? It'd be more interesting than boring Brexit.

Some quarter of a million people in New Zealand - many of them of Maori ethnicity - claim to have suffered traumatic abuse whilst children in care homes. GUARDIAN Question: How is this possible in an advanced civilised society, such as New Zealand, often held up to be a model of dream...

Fox News talking idiot, Laura Ingraham, has really upset Kiwis after claiming that we are setting up Quarantine Camps and imprisoning anyone that refuses to have a Covid-19 test and that Biden and the Left want to do the same in the US, forcing Americans to give up their freedoms. The reality...

Just to balance the scales a little - and since no NZ newspaper dare print anything negative about St Jacinda - I see several international news outlets have decided to put the spotlight on her failings. She is feted worldwide for NZ's Covid response, which is a bit silly since all she did was...

https://reason.com/2019/07/08/noncompliance-kneecaps-new-zealands-gun-control-scheme/ Noncompliance Kneecaps New Zealand's Gun Control Scheme As of last week, only around 700 weapons had been turned over. Once again, responding to a horrendous crime by inflicting knee-jerk...

I know there is a NZ politics thread, but I think we need some commentary on NZ PM Ardern. I have always liked her, but I have never experienced her style of government. She has acted in an exemplary manner after the Christchurch massacre, coming across as genuine and compassionate. Her...

The topic of guns in New Zealand is a current social and legal issue after the massacre of at least 49 Muslims in Christchurch by a white supremacist using at least 5 different guns. This thread is started as a place for discussion which began in the massacre thread.

https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/15/investing/new-zealand-property-foreigners/index.html I don't know much about real estate laws outside of the USA. My wife and I talked about buying property in Thailand; something I could own like a condo. Ranb

New Zealand debates access to dead sea life footage How would hunting be viewed by the public if it included "byshot" including endangered species not intended to be killed? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42729173

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=11766133 He kind of has a point to be fair

Don't laugh. According to an article in the Dec. 22, 2014 issue of The New Yorker: New Zealand's Department of Conservation has been using massive amounts of a toxin known as 1080 to try and eradicate the invasive species. ("The key ingredient in 1080, sodium fluoroacetate, interferes with...

Politics included, which is why it's here. Anyone up for an in-depth look at NZ society and politics? Unlike those xenophobic Aussies, it won't matter where you come from; NZ has a fairly international reputation these days and not just as an ovine-lover's paradise of bestiality! The time to...

NZ PM John Key wants NZ to change its flag from the current dark blue one with the union flag in the corner to perhaps one with a silver fern on a black background. It seems there will be two referendums; one in which a flag design can be chosen and one in which the winner gets to compete...

Well today was the first day that Gay Marriage was legal in NZ. 30 couples took part in the first day celebrations, including one couple who won a Marriage flight from Auckland to Queenstown and were married at 30,00 feet. So far the country hasn't devolved into hell with demons stalking the...

Hi all, For those interested in the slow march of equality and freedom around the world, tonight from about 9pm NZST, New Zealand's parliament is expected to hold its final reading and vote on a Bill which will legalise same-sex marriage. Granted, this probably isn't of huge interest to...

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/new-zealand-outlaws-kosher-slaughter-1.293017 i don't understand why stunning the animal cannot be incorporated into kosher slaughter practises.

Having some spare time over christmas, I decided to get some actual statistics on my employees and what percentages of trouble came from black/brown* vs white employees. The idea came about as my accounts woman kept complaining about the extra work she was required to do for things which have...

It could also be described as reverse apartheid, since, in an unusual twist, the minority racial group - Maori - are the ones gaining the benefits of the policy. Maori are the only group with a guaranteed representation in Parliament. 7 of the 120 seats in parliament are designated Maori seats...

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/12/04/1165080877899.html?from=top5 This is a logical and sensible proposal. Australia is much bigger than New Zealand, which is a minnow in the world. A union of currencies and trade would be the logical step towards an eventual unification of governments...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3384352a11,00.html A Christian lobby group has sent 500 kits about intelligent design - the idea that a higher being created life - to NZ state schools, sparking debate about whether schools should teach creationism. The Focus on the Family group says...

Equity taken to stupidity... The New Zealand Herald. Hayden Walles: That's the spirit(ualist), Auckland! 25.05.05 Down here in the south, where every day is a fight for survival against the elements, city councils occupy themselves with mundane activities such as digging up roads and...

NZ jails Israeli 'spies' :roll: :roll: :roll: Caught out by a Kiwi Customs officer. Move over, James Bond! I hate to have to add this, but I can hear Skeptic lunging for his keyboard already: This isn't an anti-Israeli thread, I would have said the same for any country that allowed its spies...